Tag Archives: India

I never imagined I’d become such a fan of a highway until I clocked over 2000 kilometers on Hyderabad Outer Ring Road (ORR) over the last decade. Trust me on this – this is not just a stretch of tarmac; it’s a testament to what modern Indian infrastructure can achieve …

South Indian cuisine is almost synonymous with idli and dosa – those humble, fermented rice and lentil pancakes and steamed cakes that have become staples in households across India and beyond. But here’s the thing: when you think of Hyderabad, dosa rarely jumps to mind first. Instead, it’s all about …

My mom told me she wanted to visit Lucknow a few days ago. So, I started looking for flights, and I was shocked to see the fares. For one second, I was confused, but later, I realized it was because of the rush for Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.  With flight …

3 years ago, if you had asked me what Kubernetes was, I would have started back at you. I would have laughed if you’d also told me that I would have travelled to 7 countries by 2024. But as destiny has it, I now know Kubernetes (a little) and have …

24, July 2014 felt like yesterday when I stepped foot in Hyderabad. Fresh out of college, I came to the city for my first job at Wipro in Gachibowli. I remember spending a few months at a PG in Gachibowli and reliving the on-your-own life again after my boarding school …

With the skyrocketing prices of flights in India and the uncertainty of getting train tickets on short notice, I always prefer road trips. Maybe because I love road trips 😉 I’ve driven more than 17,000 km since I bought my Tata Punch in August 2022. There were numerous road trips …

It’s been barely a month since I came back from my road trip to Hampi, and boy I still can’t get over it. So much so that even my wallpaper is the famous musical pillars from Vitalla temple. For anyone who loves architecture and history, Hampi is a must-visit place. …

If you are working in a typical IT company, you would have seen cubicles. For the last 7 years, I have worked in one. Blue coloured walls with a whiteboard and a computer/laptop – that’s where most of the IT guys work from. Thanks to the pandemic, most of us …

The monotony that has come with the pandemic has been overwhelming to deal with. Cooped up in my room for months on end with no place safe to go, the fatigue and cabin fever has been especially difficult to come to terms with. And in addition to this, losing a …

6 years ago the Swachh Bharat drive was announced on October 2nd, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. The objectives were quite clear – to eliminate open defecation, improve solid waste management, eradicating manual scavenging, and generating awareness about general cleanliness. Every city in India came up …